Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: ABOMINABLE
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I review the 2006 Sasquatch/Yeti/Whatever movie "Abominable"!
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Sasquatch? Yeti? Hey, as long as there's some decent kills in the movie: who cares?
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Second for the first timе. Also review G:Minus One
Can you review all monsters attack next
Aberration 1997 next?
Boobz?
Jeffrey Combs is so underrated it's mind boggling.
Horror fans all know him best as "The Re-animator".
The protagonist has lots of lower body issues...
He's paralyzed in this movie and gets bitten in half in Deep Star Six.
Bulkhead I needed that!
i agree
I know him as Ratchet from Transformers Prime 😅
It's important to remember: "Cult" isn't necessarily synonymous with "Bad", and this movie is a perfect example of that!
Yeah though "syfy" is synonymous for being bad
Just 90% of the time, it's in relation to something terrible.
"Cult" doesn't mean "Good". Just means unexpected fan base.
@@haydenysidro9388 when it was Sci-Fi it was good.
@@SirAsdf99%
My favorite part is Lance Hendrickson giving a detailed description of a Darwin Award winner
I like the gigantic mouth they gave the yeti, really gives this monster a unique look.
Just think how easy it could win the Nathan hotdog contest.😋
Like Rawhead Rex.
Whoever designed the bigfoot for this movie really did a good job; the bigfoot is unnerving to look at because it is almost in the 'uncanny valley' range. It looks vaguely familar humanwise but there are enough differences to throw you off and make you a little uncomfortable.
I think thats why this bigfoot scared me so much as a kid and has remained in my memory for years.
I would say it is the teeth and how he dislocate his jaw. Instead of just being "another ape", he really feel like a monster
I'm 35, saw this movie when I was 17 or something on Scifi, it STILL freaks me out.
It definitely hits that uncanny valley.
Yeah, it looks more like a giant deformed caveman rather than a bipedal gorilla, which makes it more creepy and more scientific.
Looks like a Bigfoot with with down syndrome and dwarfism.
@@Noperare The teeth could have been better, there were to many for that mouth. I was hoping teeth that were more like the Genoskwa has, and throw in some super long and pointy fingernails. That would make it more frightening.
I'll be honest this one has surprised me, the 'yeti' didn't look all that bad, I really liked the bizarre large mouth and teeth. I was surprised Otis came back and actually helped and died a very horrific death, like genuinely that made me go 'ewww'. Seems like one of the better SyFy movies overall!
Dog Soldiers premiered on Scifi. Neither of these were made by scifi or Asylum like most of the trash on that channel these days so thats the difference.
Lance Henriksen's batshit crazy speech at the campfire was absolutely hilarious!
I imagine Lance, Combs, and Rex drinking brews and laughing about Lance's insane improv.
Lance has also played Kerchak in Disney’s Tarzan.
Bear in mind, Brandon is reviewing the enhanced Blu-Ray version. The creature's eyes were CGI'ed over, probably to make it more alive. Though personally, I prefer the original with the obvious plastic eyes. Makes it more creepy.
I've had friends with super strict religious parents who didn't restrict their kids as much as RUclips restricts everything.
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Step one to becoming an atheist: experience the aggressively suppressive nature of religion.
To be fair...
They DO have the old testament.
The mere fact that this review needed to censor parts of this movie is killing me. DjooToobe will soon censorship itself into MySpace territory.
Yeah man, I don't get jokes either
Fun Fact:
There was an unmade monster film
from Universal Pictures called
*"Abominable"* back in the mid-1990s.
It was written by Troy Neighbors &
Steven Fienberg, with Moshe Diamant
as the producer, either Peter Hyams
or Renny Harlin as the director, and
Jean Claude Van Damme was to star
in the lead role.
The story was set in Tibet, where
a U.N. task force investigates the
mysterious disappearance of Red
Cross workers in the Himalayas
before Van Damme's character
eventually goes face-to-face with the
monstrous Abominable Snowman.
Really? I am very sad we never got that movie then. That's up there with the planned At the Mountains of Madness adaptation we never got, which was going to star Tom Cruise. but the studio's condition was it be PG-13 which is preposterous.
Kinda sounds like the reverse situation with Van Damme in the original cut of Predator
That's so disheartening.. it could have been so great =/
@GiantBoarMonster - I feel like they COULD do At The Mountains of Madness as more of a psychological thriller, but censoring the bodies they discover would absolutely trash the whole damn thing.
@@GiantBoarMonster
I hate it when that happens.
I mean, just look at the infamous
2005 werewolf film by horror
legend Wes Craven: *"CURSED"!*
That was meant to be a R-rated
werewolf film. But the Weinsteins
not only ordered a rework on the
film while they're 90% complete
with the original cut (all that was
missing were the CGI, film score,
and the ending which was set in
a wax museum) before replacing
most of the original cast and
Rick Baker's werewolf effects with
new actors & new FXs by KNB
EFX; but they also ordered for
a new ending (despite the version
of the ending they had filmed
getting a positive reception from
test audiences) and the complete
uncut version of the film getting
re-edited in post-production;
replacing most of KNB's practical
FXs with CGI and then trimmed
the violence & gore in order to get a PG-13 rating.
Van Damme fighting yeti, that would've been great, and Steven Seagal could've played the Yeti , afterall he's about the same size , definitely as heavy!!!!👍😀
"Remember George. Paralysis now, Insanity later." 😉
The "can't report someone missing for 48 hours" is a myth, but a convenient one for horror and crime movies.
Definetly..also the police never believes them at first, the power has to go out at some point, and of course cell phones are rendered useless by being in an area with bad/no reception😅😅😅
Looking at the cast list for this film, it would seem the person in charge of casting clearly had a very detailed blackmail list.
It makes you wonder just how much of the actual budget went to paying for all these guest-starring roles! Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace Stone, Etc. Lol!
@@ItsFreakinHarding. The cast list is probably the most memorable thing about this movie. Well that and Brandon's review, of course.
I'm sitting here with it paused at 11:35 absolutely flabbergasted. The man playing the biologist is Australian jazz legend James Morrison. A distinction so obscure that most Aussies can be forgiven for not knowing who he is. He has been a presenter (Aussie top gear), music shows, etc. This is the first time I have ever seen him in a movie, let alone a yeti-core video nasty! So cool.
Yep, it is. He's a long time friend of Lalo Shifrin, i assume that's where this came from xD
I guess up in the mountains, the Yeti went to electrical school and learnt how to switch off the power before his kills
I remember when Brandon had 60k subs and no sponsors. It's like watching your son grow up. I'm so proud😭😊
You forgot that Lalo Schiflin also did the score for "Cool Hand Luke", "THX 1138" (George Lucas' first film), the "Rush Hour" films, and, of course, all but one of the "Dirty Harry" movies.
As far as bigfoot horror movies go,this is one of the best.
Takes place in what looks like North America... in a place called Flatwoods, as in, The Flatwoods Monster. Which wasn't a Sasquatch or a Yeti.
I see a lot of people saying this movie scared them when they were kids. This movie came out when I was 30. I didn't realize I was that old. Darn it. It's a good movie though. I love the creature design. It's so different. More evil troll or inbred mountain man/beast than a classical yeti/bigfoot design. The way the jaw opens up real wide like a Thylacine and those huge needle like teeth. Pretty cool.
As someone who's 56, I hear you.
At least this has Lance, a great guy as well as a great actor. He's referred to these credits as "alimony movies."
Since gamera rebirth is on netflix, you should do the trilogy of actual good films he was in. I mean, seriously at the end of your original gamera month You told us about the trilogy of gamera films that were actually not only good, but some of the best Monster movies ever, so you owe it to us the fans to make a video about those 3 movies.
He... owes you?
Unless you're paying for them over at Patreon, Brandon don't owe you jack.
He owes it to himself after suffering through the 60s-70s Gamera films.
PSA: you don’t have to wait any period of time to report a missing person, movies just made that up to explain not getting the cops involved
Cops still use the excuse because they're lazy. Just keep demanding to speak to the person in charge of missing persons cases.
you can report them but if they're an adult ( and not of advanced age) the police usually will not do anything until they have been missing longer than a couple hours. Unless you have credible proof/info that they were taken or something like that. Different story if it's a child.
When the blonde chick crashed through the car windshield, I laughed so hard. Pure comedy! LMAO!
Karen. Her name is Karen.
Oh? Even better! LMAO! @@markyk68
Having an actual budget makes a big difference with a film like this. Like the difference between a pretty good looking big foot/yeti whatever and a guy named Larry running around in a bathroom rug. Good job Brandon.
All the cameo spotting, even a Seinfeld reference, and not a single Lloyd Braun joke!?
Also the vice principal from the Breakfast Club was also in Seinfeld, he's the one that interviewed George at the Yankees. Apparently they recruited for this movie amongst Seinfeld alums.
Me and my mom had a blast watching this on the SciFi channel years ago. Also Frankenfish is a fun movie too, it's shown briefly when talking about schlocky movies that sci-fi used to show
some of their cGI-fest movies... actually use the CGI in ways that would otherwise need Ray Harryhausen grade miniatures to pull off. So I can't really fault them for that... oh and Sharknado.... THAT needs the CGI to work.
I liked it. I watch alot of Monster lore. And I like how they address The yeti are the most aggressive of the sasquatch relatives. It look they they migrated across and killed the big foots in that area.
tell that to the TN wildman version of Sasquatch. Those things are supposed to be pure evil with red eyes that delight in killing dogs.
There were two recurring Seinfeld characters in this movie. The actor playing Preston (Matt McCoy) was George’s childhood rival Lloyd Braun and the actor playing one of the deputies (Phil Morris) was Kramer’s lawyer Jackie Chiles 😂
Had fond memories of this movie. Glad to see a lot of people remember it.
He might not have been a Sasquatch, Yeti seemed to turn out just fine!
I remember when I was in the Army and my friend flash his flash light out in the woods and we saw a bunch of glowing eyes but of course they were raccoons🦝🦝🦝
Raccoons are more likely to steal your food than maul you though.
This is my friend George I will love him and pet him and keep him warm at night.
10/10 review. Flawed but I remember liking it well enough. I like how bizarre and surreal this Bigfoot/Yeti is with his jaw dislocating like a snake's. Who would have guessed. And I bet Lance Henriksen believes in Bigfoot that's why he's in so many of them. He's a smart dude he knows Bigfoots are real and he's trying to spread awareness. BTW, the main character's actor he was Lloyd Braun on Seinfeld. so there's at least two Seinfeld dudes in this.
That's an interesting theory about Lance.
Estelle Costanza, "George, why can't you be more like that nice boy Lloyd Braun?"
The face biting scene has got to be one of the greatest things ever put on film.
You can't typecast Paul Gleason. He was in a lot more than just The Breakfast Club. With 152 credits on IMDb, he was in all genres of movies and television. Paul's big screen highlights include Trading Places and a little indie project, Die Hard. His television roles are too long and varied to attempt to list. Did he often play cops or deans? Yes, but there were also priests, doctors and even abusive parents.
On a personal note, my mom went to high school with Paul. She remembered him as a good-natured prankster. She got a kick whenever we found another one of his roles to watch. When she encountered him years later at reunions, he was as jovial as ever.
Matt McCoy has lots of credits to his name too. He’s been in horror movies a lot and also was in Seinfeld!
That's right! Now I remember him from a lot of 80s-90s movies after you mentioned Die Hard. 👏
I remember stumbling upon this watching syfy when i was a kid, fully expecting the normal cheesey stuff that'd air. 20 years later and i still hate the woods because all i can picture is gettinf my face literally eaten off. Glad to see one of ny favorite creators check it out, hopefully more people will watch it and love it too
Thanks!
The sound when the dog gets killed sounds like the sound wolves and wargs do when they attack in world of warcraft.
Damn. Brandon reviewing Abominable? My childhood collides!
I remember watching this one night on SciFi channel back in highschool. It was interesting to say the least.
And the farmer from the beginning is Rex Linn! This cast is crazy cameo city!
Got a problem with an Abdominable SnowMensch, take the Bugs Bunny route and haul his ass to a tropical climate and watch him melt on the beach,
Loved this movie on SyFy, bought it on DVD when the video rental store I worked at back then got it in stock.
Hell yeah I was really hoping you’d cover this one someday. Probably my fav Sasquatch movie, kills were fucking gnarly.
meanwhile we need a movie about the Hibagon, the Japanese big foot/yeti.
hmm thats a new one for me
@@Necrowolf81 there already is a movie about the hibagon. But it’s a rather decent satire on corrupt towns, based on a book duology.
There’s a lot of Bigfoot-esque creatures roaming around the world.
There’s Bigfoot himself, the Yeti, Hibagon, Yowie, Orang Pendek, the list goes on.
One of my favorite movies I saw on sci-fi channel as a kid
This movie was a lot of fun and I liked the design of the Bigfoot, and the twist ending was great. But what was up with the awful under lighting towards the end.
I remember watching this movie a lot on old Sci-Fi back in the day, usually as part of their Saturday creature features
Hey Brandon, didn't you notice Rex Linn of "Cliffhanger" and CSI: Miami" fame and "Cuthhroat Island" infamy? And the late great Paul Gleason (he died the year this movie was released, 2006) was also in "Die hard" and "Trading places", just to name his most notable non-school related roles - sure you're very familiar with both of those.
This being said: YOU ROCK!
He also made a wrongful claim stating that Paul Gleason was in Revenge of the Nerds IV, he wasn't, that was actually James Gleason instead. Should've gone with Die Hard or his multiple appearances on The A-Team instead.
"Where the hell is Beeks?!"
Jeffery Combs is such an amazing actor that he can deliver the most ridiculous unnatural sounding lines and make them sound like Shakespeare!
Lance Combs and Jeffrey Henriksen were great in this movie 👍 😊.
oh you should see his performance as Thylek Shran.. seeing him call Archer a "pinkskin" is hilarious :D
Been ages since I saw this movie. Saw it for the first time on the Sci-Fi channel, (back when the movies were half-way decent, and NOT all made by the Asylum), and I thought it was pretty good for a made for TV movie. It's still decent even after all this time.
I remember watching this movie late one night. I remember the scene where the Sasquatch smashed the Asian girl's guts out of her behind.
This is probably one of my new favorite reviews from you, so glad you checked it out. Also, the reason why they probably called this movie Abominable is because the title sounded cooler and more fitting.
the definition of that word is causing moral revulsion or very bad or unpleasant
I thought I recognized it
And this was one of the films I watched where it still stuck with me for years and like everyone else who was probably still in elementary school when the film came out(meaning they were younger like 6 or 9 like I was)I don’t know how it didn’t scare me
Either the kills or girls is why I still remember it
"I wasn't always in this wheelchair." I'm sure his mother was grateful for that during his birth.
Imagine the confusion on the face of the doctor doing the sonogram! "Congratulations ma'am. You're having a ..... Transformer??"
Decided to check out this movie following the community update.
Judging by the kills featured in the video, I can already tell that this review is going to be good.
2:40 The anti dog fog rolled in off the… How do you spell “mores” moors? Or is that more of a cow thing?
The point is, the fog took the dog, and this is now a Dr.Sues story.
The fog took the dog, in front of the frog as the Big Foot ran back or was that jogged? Moving so fast back home to the bog, Sassy ran right through the fog, noticing the mist eating a dog!
You can’t do that! Not here in this bog, now you spit it out, don’t eat the dog.
As he spoke, there sat the frog, who had seen the dog eating the dog.
I saw it right there as I sat atop that log, the treacherous mist devoured the dog. Do it now, tell the Big Foot, Fog!
The fog hung thick, over and under the log.
Make your peace, I ate that dog! Came a thundering voice, shaking the bog.
Sasquatch stared, and the angry frog glared. Why would you eat the dog, playing with friends, just as special as Frog?
I hate children’s books.
I'm goina read this comment to my children from a bedtime story. You should find an illustrator and make a fortune!
Paul Gleason (THE BREAKFAST CLUB) was also in DOC SAVAGE THE MAN OF BRONZE (as "Long Tom"). The black cop was Phil Morris, son of Greg Morris, and starred in the 80s revival of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, playing Barney Collier's son "Grant Collier".
To mention a really deep cut cameo: Dr Seussmeyer, the guy on the web video is James Morrison, an Australian Jazz Trumpet legend! Also co-wrote the movie!
I’m a little upset that Clint Howard wasn’t on that hunting trip
So has Lance Henrikson been in more Bigfoot movies than Alien movies?
Matt McCoy has also been in several Bigfoot movies. And this is the only one with both of them. Why are people making so many crappy Bigfoot movies?!
Lance Henriksen has a resemblance to Joe Kubert’s Tarzan illustrations, and has played Kerchak (the gorilla variant, not the canonical mangani counterpart) in Disney’s Tarzan.
This was my favorite Bigfoot movie ever since I was a kid plus it came the year I was born 2006
I was at my night work job two days ago! Will sitting at break time at 6:00 o'clock in the morning. I was looking out the window an didn't expect this to actually happen! A seven to eight foot Bigfoot very hairy brown creature just ran front the parking lot an it looked at me will running! Minnesota has a lot forest of 🌳trees to hide for this very elusive creatures! Very shocking I dont this kind situation actually happened everyday. Just wanted to let you know! Have a very impressive beautiful day.😀😊
Brandon, you know damn well there ismno such thing as a gratuitous shawer scene. All shower scenes are absolutely vital to the story of every movie you see them in. If anything, there needs to be 4x as many shower scenes per movie.
This opening reminds me of "Silent Rage", featuring Chuck Norris.
The first scene flows from the credits into like a 4 minute scene taken in a single take. Showing you a lot about the killer.
Then the first cut is on Chuck and the movie goes RiffTrax material from there.
Obligatory "LANCE!" for this movie.
I love your Frankenstein, Hulk, Swamp-Thing, Trogg Bigfoot, Yeti etc voice!!!! 😂❤
So is this Harry before or after he met The Hendersons? I kind of have vague memories of this but I don't remember if I ever caught the whole film or just parts of it. Great video Brandon, just what I needed at work lol.
I wanna see this for the cameos AND Otis' head being bitten off!
This is funny you have a dr squatch ad under your video.😂
Oh wow wow a Brandon Tenold episode! Time to jump in!
Film is pretty solid, always a good late night watch if it was on tv. The creature was unnerving, loved the lack of CGI and the pulled through the window and face bitten off kills were great!
Would love to see you tackle another late night sci-fi channel monster-in-the-woods classic, It Waits!
A few days after seeing this movie the first time, I spent some weeks at the family cabin in north Finland wilderness.
Going to the outhouse at night scared me shitless.
I was hoping you would do this movie one day! Imo, this is probably the best Bigfoot horror movie ever made, and after the ones you’ve previously done, you deserve to have at least one legit good one under your belt.
20:22 NOPE! Not f#cking with any of that! I dont care if its already bright out Im settting this that hole section on fire.
The ending scene of this movie is like if the ending of Harry and the Hendersons film was a horror.
I actually loved this ending.
A group of LEOs and all the eyes lighting up around them. Just the eyes and their silhouettes in the dark, and the idea that even though there's a group of ARMED LEOs doesn't mean squat against what they're facing. And then the cut to black.
I think it's a really great ending actually.
I remember watching this movie back in the Sci-Fi channel this is one of the better Sci-Fi and Bigfoot movie in that channel great review man.
I always wanted to check this out. Looks mildly entertaining.
And Preston is played by another Seinfeld alum. The actor was Lloyd Braun.
I remember one Saturday when my brother was watching this movie on Syfy. At one point, her said to me "That guy looks a lot like Lance Henriksen!" I had to point that was.
Thanks again for covering my pick! I'm glad you found it entertaining.
hey it was MY pick XD
@@2st_duallist I will say my name is at the end. ;)
@@GreyshotProductions ive sent him a subliminal message while astral traveling XD
@@2st_duallistNow I get it. I'm using my Twin Telepathy to send you one back. 😂
For another Sasquatch horror movie, "Exists" wasn't too bad!
The video expert is Australian jazz musician, James Morrison. My question is, what the hell is he doing in this?
I always thought the 'Yeti' looked like Stacy Keach!...LOL
Great video Brandon made work on a Friday that much better
Note: *NOT* to be confused with the DreamWorks movie.
Yeah, that movie is showing up in the recommended section as I'm watching this. LOL.
Yeah. This one's actually GOOD!
@@mightyfilm hey! Dreamworks version was a banger!
It was easily the least of the three animated Yeti movies. It was safe, plagiarized, Chinese tourism commercial that I STILL want my money and 90 minutes back for seeing. Small Foot and Missing Link ALL THE WAY!
This is like a collaboration between George Romero (Monkey Shines) and Alfred Hitchcock (Rear Window)
I remember watching this on the sfyf and it having one the scareist bigfoot/yeti monster i seen.
Loved the cameos! Can't figure out where I know the main guy from..? Thanks for pointing the cameos out, Brandon. This is the best Bigfoot movie you've reviewed... Bigfoot "O face" AND nip disturbed me :/
Where’s the little girl that’s supposed to take the Yeti back to its people 😂
I'm so happy your channel is still going strong, i see so many classic youtube reviewers fall down a dark path and it makes me happy to see your still standing.
This by far my favorite bigfoot movie, I love the ending, I wish you could put more out faster
I remember seeing this back on Syfy back when it was still known as the "Sci-Fi Channel" back in 2006. Definitely one of the better, if not the best Sci-Fi Channel original movies.
thats because it wasn't an SF original movie. Just premiered on that channel like Dog Soldiers.
@@Necrowolf81 That explains it then. XD
I was wondering when someone i watched was going to get to this movie. I am glad it was you, Brandon. For the longest time until I watched it again, the one thing that stood out to me was the shot of the male nurse after the Yeti/Bigfoot chewed off his face
Keep up the great work dude. You're amazing
Finally! A "It conquered the World" Reference after so many years watching your channel! Awesome review as always!
the monster in zappa's ''cheapnis''
This looks like one to add to my collection.
This movie is similar to 'Night Claws' where the movie goes into another direction for no reason. The theme started out as 'Rear Window' meets killer bigfoot but is then ditched and almost becomes a totally different movie the way 'Night Claws' did.
This is one of the very few movies that actually frightened me the first time i saw it.
When you said, Nelly Furtado, I can only think of her song Promiscuous Girl and how that song oddly syncs up in some spots of this movie